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Flying Training Command
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Active27 May 1940 - 1 June 1968
CountryRAF Flying Training Command United Kingdom
BranchRAF Flying Training Command Royal Air Force
TypeCommand
RoleFlying training
HeadquartersRAF Shinfield Park, Reading
Motto(s)Per Laborem ad Summa
Latin: Through toil to Supremacy[1]
EngagementsSecond World War
Cold War

Flying Training Command was an organization of the Royal Air Force; it controlled flight training units. The command's headquarters were at RAF Shinfield Park, Reading in Berkshire.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 171. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

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